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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] If the frontage along Connecticut Avenue permits apartments yet the back 40 percent of the parcel (where the parking lot is) has a deed restriction, doesn't that undercut the inference that the limited restriction was intended to racially exclusionary?  An equally, if not more plausible conclusion is that the deed restriction was intended to provide a buffer between taller commercial and multifamily uses along the avenue and the lower-density single family housing behind.  The other question is, if multifamily housing were to be on built on library site why couldn't it be built closer to Connecticut with lower height and density stepping down to the east?  DC must be planning a rather large development project if it's so important to remove the restriction on the back 40 percent next to the houses.[/quote]

The area had single family homes on it to CT Ave until the commercial area was developed. Where the Safeway is was originally 6 or 8 single family homes.

The exclusion of apartment houses was to keep "the riff raff" out. Nothing more, nothing less. Trying to ascribe a different motive 120 years later is ridiculous.[/quote]

There seems to be a misconception that Ward 3 has lower population density than other Wards. That's simply not the case. Wards 4, 7, 8 and 9 all have fewer housing units.  Like Ward 3, Ward 4 is highly residential and filled with single family homes. Where is the call to add density to Ward 4? Ward 3 is being unfairly singled out.

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https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/almost-200-homes-coming-to-ward-4/
https://www.dfmdevelopment.com/news/permit-expediting/permit-expediting-in-dc/https://www.dfmdevelopment.com/news/permit-expediting/permit-expediting-in-dc/
https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/07/11/2477327/0/en/DCHFA-s-Investment-Expands-Affordable-Housing-in-Ward-4.html
https://dhcd.dc.gov/release/dhcd-financing-produce-affordable-units-ward-4

You're just not paying attention to other wards...[/quote]

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